A leak on a hacking forum that exposed internal AMD data appears to have been confirmed by the company, as it acknowledged that an unnamed third-party vendor involved in product assembly was breached. Questions remain about the extent of the data breach, however.
New 4iQ report indicates that data breaches were up by over 420% from 2017, exposing a total of almost 15 billion identity records. Small businesses are being targeted much more frequently than previously thought and that even relatively tiny businesses are now on the menu for sophisticated hackers.
Report from Momentum Cyber finds that the first half of 2021 was the busiest on record for the cybersecurity market in terms of investment and strategic activity. The torrid pace has been indirectly driven by the massive spike in ransomware attacks.
A cybersecurity advisory by CISA, the FBI, and the NSA warned that BlackMatter ransomware is actively targeting critical infrastructure entities and food organizations in the US.
Official sources say that Chinese hackers combed Japan's military networks over an extended period between 2020 and 2021 in search of military plans, documentation of capabilities, and assessments of vulnerabilities.
Phishing emails were sent to DoD vendors to capture login credentials on lookalike vendor payment website. The hackers then routed payments to shell entity.
Facebook, Google and Netflix are facing fines and actions for privacy violations, with Facebook assessed the second-largest amount in the country's history for its treatment of facial recognition templates.
Privacy pros with the necessary technical skills are in-demand and hard to find even for well-funded enterprises, according to a new report from IT governance association ISACA.
Personal information of over 80 million U.S. households was exposed from an unsecured cloud database, while the owner of the database remains unknown.
Chinese hackers have attempted to interfere in US elections before. Anonymous official sources have spoken out claiming that this year's free-ranging espionage campaign is seeking phone data from senior officials and leading candidates regardless of party affiliation.










